Definition of "foliole" []

• One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet. (noun)

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• "If you love France and have ever dreamed of moving to the Hexagon, then you might like reading about how one "Petite Anglaise" followed her Francophile urgings and, rucksack on her back, traveled into the country, gradually built her nest ... and once and for all unpacked. foliole"
• "I looked at the little brown foliole* leaves, no bigger than tears, and wondered how to prepare them for the palate?"
• "A pretty oval face with softly shadowed oblique eyes -- looking shyly downward -- and a wonderful maiden coiffure, in which the hair is arranged in bands and volutes and ellipses and convolutions and foliole curlings most beautiful and extraordinary."